Pre-induction exams called for 67 registrants in Baltimore
Sixty seven registrants including 44 white and 27 colored are called by local Draft Board One to report for pre-induction exams in Baltimore. Among them are 14 white limited service cases and several transfers from other boards. Some appeals and deferments pending may delay entry. locals emphasize this call is for exams, not immediate service. Also details on mustering out pay procedures and eligible amounts for WWII veterans.
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Baltimore
Army
Navy
State Headquarters
State
William M. Brisk
Prince George's County
Gerald L. Baker
William M. Moore
Howard Z. Stup
Albert Killingsworth
North Market Street
Marshall Clyde Baker
B. and
O. Avenue
Harry Scholl Cramer
West South Street
Gilmore Ray Flautt, Jr
East Second Street
Harry Otto Smith
Maple Avenue
Walkersville
William Eugene Grumbine
Taney
Leslie Levi Keeney
Liberty Street
Leslie Walter Jenness
Carroll Parkway
Delbert Stouffer Null
Braddock Heights
Victor Samuel Palmer
Frederick
John le
Edward Jacob
Daugherty
Motter Avenue
Oliver Hendrix Keefer
Wilson Avenue
William Murray Brish
Patrick Street
Henry Victor
Roberts
Albert Luther Finneytrack, Jr
Wisner Street
Leroy Austin Hoke
East Fourth Street
Raymond Arlington Custer
B Street
Brunswick
Melvin Phillip Oden
Melvin Austin Shank
East Patrick Street
Gerald Leo Baker
William Mack Moore
South Market Street
Herman Joshua Koutz
Grayson Franklin Barthlow
Clyde Vernon Shores
Point of Rocks
Levin Irvin Cooper
Knoxville
Clarence Richard Deater
Harold Ellwood Eysler
East Seventh Street
Wesley Francis Schaeffer
Buckeystown
Earl George Sigler
Middletown
Vernon Edward Beach
Henry Wilson
Walnut Street
Maysville
William Robert Speilman
Westminster
Frank Alexander Webb
Francis Scott Keynote
Wilmington
Del
Orris Lee Timmons, Jr
Clark Place
Nashville
Tenn
Howard George Carroll
Lee Charles Weedon
Lincoln Apartments
Herbert Nelson Weedon
Sherman Melvin Jones
Roger Elijah Naylor
East
Luther Owen Brown
William R. Slemmer
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
East Church Street
United States
Foreign Service
Alaska
South America
Finance Office
The
East Redwood Street
Navy and Coast Guard
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Cleveland
Marine Corps
Commandant
Washington, D. C
Legion
Want Little Steel Formula Revised
Washington February 9 four American Federation of Labor members of the War Labor Board urge an upward revision of the little steel formula. They say current price patrol fails to preserve living standards and seek wage increases limited to 15 percent of January 1 1941 rates.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
War Labor Board
No Official Report On Baltimore Pre-Induction Examinations
No official report has been received on yesterday's pre-induction examinations in Baltimore where 78 Draft Board One men were summoned. It is unofficially reported that a large number of the men were rejected for military service.
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Baltimore
Draft Board
Board
Street Residents and Former City Listings Compiled
A categorized list documents numerous individuals by street and city, including current Knoxville residents on Route 1 Spencer Column bus Bowie 472 West Patrick Street James Albert Jefferson 108 West All Saints Street and others in Knoxville Middletown and Baltimore. Several entries note former residences, such as Leesburg Virginia Charlottesville Va Frederick Md and final street addresses in Baltimore.
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Donald John Holland
Knoxville
Spencer Columbus Bowie
Patrick Street
James Albert Jefferson
All Saints
Lester Franklin Scott
Joseph Wilmore Boyce
Bentz
Lawrence Brown
Edward Earl Hill
Wilbur Leon White
Five and Half
David Overton Berryman
Church Street
Orlander Berridge Johnson
Middletown
Babylon
Mantz Sueius Jones
DeGrange Street
Leesburg
Elmo Allen
Charlottesville
Maurice Leon Tilghman
Maynard John Gray
Baltimore
Frederick
Austin Eugene Johnson
East Street
James Arthur Posey
Sherman Perry
New Box Brings Draft Notice to Tacoma Mechanic
Edward Wittmeier, a garage mechanic in Tacoma Washington, bought a new mailbox and soon found a draft board notice inside. The next day he saw the postman smile as he used the box for the first time, then rushed to fetch his mail and read the induction order.
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Tacoma
Wash
Edward Wittmeier
Wittmeier
Two Countians Meet In Italy
Frederick Maryland sends two Countians together to an Italian front reunion. Welch Boyer American Red Cross field supervisor from New Market Md and Private Carl Mercer of Carroll Parkway Frederick Md found each other when a Frederick bound Army truck stopped. They exchanged greetings and memories as shells whistled overhead.
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Italy
Frederick
Welch
Boyer
Red Cross
New Market
Carl Mercer
Carroll Parkway
Maryland
Mercer
Commendation For 84th Chemical Battalion Front Service
Pfc. Carl W. Mercer son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Mercer 404 Carroll Parkway belongs to the 34th Chemical Battalion which earned a general commendation for four months of continuous fighting on the Italian front The general praised the units courage weathering heat cold rain snow and rugged terrain while providing decisive chemical mortar support and reliable service to infantry commands
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34Th Chemical Battalion
U. S. Army
Carl W. Mercer
Charles H. Mercer
Carroll Parkway
84Th Chemical Battalion
Chemical Warfare Service
84Th
Mercer
Quarrel Story Declared Completely Absurd by Goodbody
Chicago Feb 9 Mrs Patricia Goodbody 28 daughter of slain Mrs Frank Starr Williams calls Lieut John Quinn theory that her mother was accidentally killed in a Drake hotel room Jan 19 after a struggle for a revolver completely absurd and untrue The coroner's inquest spanned five hours and rival theories about a gunwoman were dismissed by officials and family critics alike.
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Chicago
Pattricia Goodbody
Frank Starr Williams
Drake
John Quinn
Quinn
Williams
State Department
Robert A. Ross
Germans warned of energetic counter measures at home front
London reports Lt. Gen. Kurt Dietmar, spokesman for the German high command, says civilians failing to contribute to the war effort will face energetic counter measures. He denounces German civilians as narrow minded amid a second front shadow and notes the enemy has gone on the offense on all fronts.
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London
Kurt Dietmar
High Command
Berlin
Ministry of Information
Eleven Arrested In Drive By To End Speeding
City police ramped up speed enforcement and arrested eleven motorists in under 24 hours. Officers cited speeds from 40 mph and higher in downtown and suburban areas, with more arrests promised to curb speeding. Mayor Hugh W. Gittinger praised the drive and urged public cooperation to lower speeds.
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Hugh W. Gittinger
Serat
Daniel Swomley
North Market Street
Henry C. Wonderly
Washington
Stephen Sherba
Sergt. Swompley
Ellis R. McDonough
West Patrick Street
Rockwell Terrace
Herman W. Rice
West Fourth Street
East Patrick Street
Elmer V. Korrell
Middletown
Ralph Potts
West Seventh Street
Casper J. Bauerlien
Westminster
Clay C. Kinna
Thurmont
Route 2
Butter Reserve Battle Aims to Hoard 20 Million Pounds
Washington reports the War Food Administration resists releasing a 20 million pound contingency butter reserve for possible military, relief, lend lease, and civilian use. Pressure from consumer and trade groups grows as officials note about 130 million pounds were on hand February 1 with more imports from Argentina. Most of the reserve remains earmarked for armed services and lend lease, to be used before the market reopens next April.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Food Administration
WFA
Armed Services
County cuts paid staff at defense alert centers
Montgomery County Commissioners dropped all paid personnel at the civilian defense report centers in Silver Spring Bethesda Rockville and Gaithersburg. Police are instructed to assume responsibility for alerting key personnel.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Silver Spring
Bethesda
Gaithersburg
Schools Boost War Bond Sales Record Drive Across Districts
Multiple schools report strong Fourth War Loan activity with Elm Street School at 66,033.45 in bonds and stamps and Parkway School setting a daily bond schedule. Lincoln High School students bought a flying jeep and field ambulance while North Market Street and Frederick High push for higher participation and continued fundraising. Frederick High plans February sales on Monday and Tuesday aiming for 90 percent pupil participation.
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Elm Street
Lincoln High School
Parkway School
North Market Street
250 Scouts At Game Night Observance of Scout Week
Opening the 34th anniversary of Scouting, over 250 Scouts Cubs and leaders gathered at the Maryland State School for the Deaf for game night. Rev Harold C Baer led the events, a radio Scout anniversary broadcast aired, and theater passes were given for today and Thursday.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
Harold C. Baer
Trinity Chapel
Carty’s
Hendrickson’s
Kemp's
Potomac Edison
Young Men
Turned Machine Guns On Field Hospital
Allied headquarters reported enemy planes bombed and machine-gunned the American field hospital on the Anzio beachhead. The attack killed 27 and wounded 68, including three American nurses. The hospital was unmarked and located in the open. Mass funeral services followed in a tent chapel.
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Allied
Italy
Anzio
Japs Step Up Plane Output
Washington reports Japanese factories may be turning out 1200 or more aircraft monthly, with emphasis on defensive types. From Jan 1 to Feb 6 Japanese losses surpassed 700 planes in the Pacific, while Allied air forces destroyed many more in multiple theaters. The piece notes supply and distance strains limit Japan from concentrating air power.
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Washington
Vpi
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
South
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Wewak
Marshalls
Fight Over Subsidies Is Refused In Senate Fight
Washington February 9 Senator Bankhead in the Senate debate on the food subsidy repeal bill argued government payments to regulate consumer food prices swell the national debt and raise inflationary risk. He supports his own bill to continue the Commodity Credit Corporation while ending the administration subsidy policy after June 30.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
D-Ala
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Red and Blue Ration Tokens Moving to Banks
Washington Feb 9 The new red and blue ration tokens move to 14,000 bankers for delivery to retailers by Feb 27 with banks exchanging tokens for coupons starting Feb 17 to stock nearly 600,000 outlets. OPA administrator Chester Bowles said the plan will reduce paperwork and replace food stamps.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Pledges Start For Rayburn Vice Presidential Bid
Washington February 9 an early move to seek convention pledges for House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas highlighted the unusual attention given to the Democratic vice presidential nomination this year as politicians react to the race.
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Rayburn
Washington
Sam Rayburn O
Texas
Roosevelt Suggests Sermon Passages To Reporters
In Washington on February 9 President Roosevelt told reporters to read the Sermon on the Mount while noting a fourth paragraph. He cited lines including Ask and it shall be given you Seek and ye shall find Blessed are the peacemakers Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth Pake therefore no thought for the morrow Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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Washington
Feb
Roosevelt
Atlantic Wall Pounded Again by U S Marauders
U S Marauders roared back to northern France to pound German Atlantic Wall installations for the third time in little more than 24 hours. RAF bombers and fighters supported the daylight strikes, following night raids on Germany and France including the Rhone aircraft engine plant at Limoges.
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London
U. S
France
RAF
Germany
Rhone
Limoges
Russians Close In On Krivoi Rog And Kherson Push
Moscow reports Soviet forces closed in on the iron center of Krivoi Rog from three sides and advanced toward Kherson and Nikolaev after breaching German defense in the Dnieper bend at Nikopol. Red Star cited encirclement fears, spring arriving in the bend, and mud making roads vanish.
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Moscow
Krivoi Rog
Black Sea
Kherson
Nikolaev
Dnieper
Nikopol
Hitler
Russia
Luga
Krivoi Hog
Red Star
Cherkasy
Dnieper Bend
Re elected director of Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Assn
Eric C. Biser was re elected director from the southern Frederick county district at the annual meeting and banquet in Silver Spring and Washington Monday. Four other Frederick county directors had terms not expire this year. Directors will meet soon for organization. A number of Frederick county producers attended.
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Eric C. Biser
Buckeystown
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Association
Frederick County
Silver Spring
Washington
Decree Grants Divorce With Custody To Shaffer Wife
An Equity Court decree by Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer grants Mrs Flossie Shaffer an absolute divorce from Nevin C Shaffer of this city. The plaintiff receives custody of three children subject to further court order and is ordered to pay costs. C Wirts represents the plaintiff and Richard E Zimmerman the defendant.
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Equity Court
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Flossie
Shaffer
Nevin C. Shaffer
C. Wirts
Richard E. Zimmerman
Battle for Cassino Mounts in Fierce Front Assault
American troops pressed a full scale attack on Mt Cassino driving to within 75 yards of the Benedictine monastery as they and Allied forces push toward Cassino itself. Allied air raids pounded Cisterna and surrounding targets while German communiques claim advances and prisoners taken along the bridgehead below Rome.
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Italy
Cassino
Mt. Cassino
Cisterna
U. S
Algiers
Rome
Anzio
Pontine
Berlin
Stockholm
Fifth Army
Britain studies Italian demand for king's abdication
London February 9 British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said the government is studying the demand by Italian political parties for King Vittorio Emanuele to abdicate. He declined to reveal any planned action.
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London
Vittorio Emanuele
Anthony Eden
Britain
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Norman Dietz
George W. Baker
Hampstead
Maurice E. Roderick
Route 1
Edward A. Tyergar
West 13Th Street
East Eighth Street
Chalmer N. Hofe
Great Cacapon
W. Va
Vichy
U.S
Paramushiro
New Guinea
New Britain
Europe
Krivoi
Anzio-Neltuno
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